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Make Your Own Magazine
Whatever production values you aspire to, self-publishing is more accessible than ever. Julia Sagar considers the print and digital options available.
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10 social media pitfalls
How you can avoid social design suicide and ensure that life online is constructive. -
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Win New Work
During a downturn, getting new work and clients is more important than ever. We ask a number of designers how they do it -
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Successful Socialising
Creative pro's share their expert tips on using social networks for self-promotion. -
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Negotiate better fees
Maximising fees isn't about hard-nosed negotiation. It's about understanding your client and, as always, being professional. -
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How to impress an art director
It takes judgement and personality to get noticed by the right people. Mark Penfold collects 40 essential tips from the ones you need to win over. -
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How to buy a graphics tablet
A graphics tablet can bring a huge amount of creative freedom to your workflow and prove more intuitive and ergonomic than a mouse. Whatever your budget, there are a host of options to suit -
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5 iPad tools for creative pros
We all know about iPad's multitude of painting and sketching apps, but what about those that can help you work faster and smarter? We check out five of the best. -
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60 pro illustration tips
Rob Carney speaks to the world's top illustrators to give you 60 essential tips for progressing your illustration career; whatever your specialism -
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From concept through to completion, six pro illustrators share the intricacies of their individual styles with Mark Penfold. -
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Go freelance without quitting your day job!
10 top moonlighting tips
There's no reason why you can't start your freelance career while holding down a day job. Follow our 10 moonlighting tips. -
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Make better images: Textures and brushes
Give your artwork that extra edge with these 20 pro tips. -
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Make better images: Perspective
Put your artwork into perspective with this top advice. -
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Make better images: Colour
Maximise your palettes with these 10 tips for staying colour correct. -
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Make better images: Illustration
Follow our 10 tips to illustration gold. -
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The science behind great ideas
Mark Penfold discovers how you can ride your brain waves to new levels of creativity. -
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Painted faces
Bold, beautiful and deliberately excessive: the current interest in illustrated type is throwing up amazing new work, as Ed Ricketts discovers. -
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Illustrator CS5
Computer Arts' deputy art editor Luke O'Neill puts the new version of through its paces. -
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10 Tips For Nailing Any Design Brief
Get straight to the core of any creative brief with these simple but effective tips. -
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Digital portfolio masterclass.
Discover the golden rules for presenting a digital portfolio, whatever your creative discipline.
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